Friday, October 16, 2009

Steven DefourAfter playing youth football at Hombeek and KV Mechelen, Defour had been with KV Mechelen since 2002. His first-team debut was as a substitute in the 2004–05 season but his big breakthrough came the next season, when the 17 year old showed himself a player able to deploy his skills in the interest of the whole team, creating opening with his astute passing. Now Defour is on a five-year contract at Standard, learning from Portuguese star Sérgio Conceição and Milan Rapaić in the 2006–07 season. For the 2007–08 season, despite being only 21 years old, the right-sided Belgian international is now Standard's captain.

English footballer who is currently playing for Manchester City in the Premier League. A versatile defender, Richards can play in defence or in central midfield but has become known as a right back who is useful for a goal threat at set-pieces. On making his full England debut in November 2006, he was the youngest defender ever to be called up to the England squad.

left-footed attacking midfielder with notable ability and vision. He is also a free-kick specialist.Douglas Costa has recently been hailed as "the new Ronaldinho" in Brazil and is earning rave reviews.caught the eye of several major clubs in January 2008, including Manchester United, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, when he starred in the junior Copa Santiago tournament. This led to Grêmio tying him to a contract until February 2013, with an estimated £21 million release clause.

Full name Douglas Costa de SouzaDate of birth 14 September 1990 (age 18)Place of birth Sapucaia do Sul, BrazilHeight 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Playing position Attacking MidfielderCurrent club GrêmioNumber 19

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Argentine professional footballer, currently playing for Italian side S.S. Lazio

Slovak football midfielder, who currently plays for Napoli in Serie A. He represents Slovakia at the international level.He was voted second best Slovak footballer of the year (behind Martin Škrtel) and also voted best young Slovak footballerin 2007 and 2009.

French footballer of Tunisian descent who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille. A graduate of the famous Clairefontaine academy.Early in his career at Lyon, he played as a centre forward, but moved into the winger role, during the 2007–08 season, in order to effectively utilized his dribbling ability and blistering speed.

French football defender of Senegalese descent who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. He serves as vice-captain of the French under-21 team and is currently the youngest player ever to captain a Ligue 1, captained the side on his debutmaking him the youngest ever captain of Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 17 years and 8 months .

Able to play his trade as a playmaker as well as a winger, he is noted for being the youngest ever scorer of a hat trick in Ligue 1, the youngest ever winner of Ligue 1's Player of the Month award and has sometimes been compared to Zinedine Zidane.Despite the nature of his position on the field he is more known for his dribbling and pace than his passing

Russian football goalkeeper currently playing for CSKA Moscow.Akinfeev broke into the CSKA starting lineup at the age of 17, and has been the first-choice goalkeeper at the club ever since.He became the youngest player ever to debut for the Russian national football team, with his age being 18 years and 20 days

Belgian international footballer currently playing for Premier League side Everton and the Belgium national team.He is known for his heading ability and stamina, which made him one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the Belgian First Division and resulted in him winning the Ebony Shoe in 2008,[2] an award given to the best player of the season of African descent